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Thief's curis moving with a speed of 10 m/s. A police van chasing this car with a speed of 5m/s fires a bullet the thief's car with muzzle velocity 72 km/h. Find the speed with which the bullet will hit the car.

A

10m/s

B

20m/s

C

15m/s

D

25m/s

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The correct Answer is:
A
Velocity of the thief.s car with respect to ground is Velocity of police van with respect to ground
Velocity with which bullet will hit the target is `v_(BT)=v_(BG)+v_(TG)=V_(BP)+V_(PG)+v_(GT) rarr 20+5-10=15 m//s`
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